Tag: jan svankmajer
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Other side of the Tracks
Just heard this excellent introduction to the BBC Radiophonic Workshop with a few rare tracks I’d not even heard via Other Side Of The Tracks from pirate radio station Free Radio Santa Cruz. It came around randomly while I was ripping my copy of the Four Albums from The Radiophonic Workshop – yes I succumbed,…
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Czech film posters
Not often I discover a whole genre of films due to a film poster (it’s usually soundtracks which are the gateway drug) but these trippy 1960’s-70’s and 80’s Czech posters have made me check out (ho ho) the Czech New Wave films, like Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, Fireman’s Ball, Cassandra Cat aka When…
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Night Network and the rise and fall of UK night telly
As a night owl in the 1980’s (and now, notice the time of posting this!) I used to watch Night Network all the time – probably have some on my old tapes. ITV In Your Face goes through all of the original late night programs in the UK, including Late Night Late which was less…